Andrée Blouin was born 16th December, 1921 in the village of Bessou in the Republic of Central African Republic (a region known at that time as Oubangui-Chari). Her mother came from Banziri and her father was French. Separated from her mother, she was placed in an orphanage and it was only as an adult that she made contact with her parents and got to know them again.
Seduced by Sékou Touré, she joined him in his revolutionary activities; later she was in the Congo with Antoine Gezenga...

This work was written in English by Madame Blouin's biographer and is, in fact, the autobiography of a French speaking woman totally committed to the political struggles which led to Congo's Independence.